Pencil-sharpener



(Ne Model.)

I. BALOUN.

PENCIL SHARPENER.

No. 380,417. Patented Apr. 8,1888.

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UNITED STATES IGNATIUS BALOUN,

PATENT rrieE,

OF CANTON, OHIO.

PENClL-S'HARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,417, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed January '7, 1888.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IGNATIUS BALOUN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pencil-Sharpeners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pencil-Sharpeners; and it consists in providing the means, hereinafter described, for sharpening slate-pencils, for retaining the cuttings, and securing and inclosing the cuttings; also, in the construction in detail and combination of parts, as described, and set forth in the claim.

Figure 1 is a sectional view. Fig. 2 is an isometrical View showing the cutter in the box with lid removed. Fig. 3 is a View of the cut ter.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the draw- 1ngs.

A represents the box, B the cutter, and O the lid. The box A may be made of any suitable material, preferably of metal, and may be cast or stamped out of sheet metal. The lid 0 is formed of sheet metal.

In this case the box or cutter-holder is of castiron, of the form substantially as shown, having a portion ofthe bottom raised, as shown at D, to form a rest for the cutter, and a loop, E, integral with said bottom D, and a deep end portion, F, to receive the cuttings.

The cutter-blade G, formed as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, is cut from sheet-steel and hard- Serial No. 260,071. (No model.)

ened. The under edges of the cutting portions H H and I are cut or ground back, as shown at a and b, the body portion adapted to pass under the loop E, by which it is removably secured to the bottom of the box. The perforated end projections are provided for the purpose of securing the box in desired place or position, such as on school-desks or work-benches.

To use the cutter, the pencil is first drawn over the circular cutters H to reduce the blunt end of the pencil, after which it is pointed by drawing it through the \lcutter I, the cuttings falling into the receptacle F, in which they may remain until the box is filled, and by placing the lid 0 on the box, thereby securing the cutter from violence and the cut-tings in the box, avoiding the usual litter caused by sharpening pencils with a knife in the usual way. The cutter may be sharpened by removing from the box and grinding off the upper side.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a pencil sharpener consisting, essentially, of the box A, having a cutter, as B, rcuiovably secured therein by a binding-loop, E, said cutter having concave cutting-edges H and a V- cutter, I, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of January, A. D. 1888.

- IGNATIUS BALOUN.

Witnesses:

W. K. MILLER, CHAS. R. MILLER. 

